Head of Government Digital Service to take on role ‘promoting government services around the world’
Kevin Cunnington, the Director General of the Government Digital Service, is to step down and take on a new role ‘promoting government services around the world’. His new position will...
We’ve digitised public services – now it’s time to transform them. And legacy systems are on the hit list
In the eight years since the UK’s Government Digital Service was founded, more than 2,000 government websites have been consolidated into one place, one in five people now use that...
CodeBase’s Stephen Coleman joins Microsoft UK CEO Cindy Rose to conduct industry-led ‘tech competitiveness’ study
Stephen Coleman, the CEO and co-founder of Edinburgh’s tech hub CodeBase, will join Microsoft UK Chief Executive Cindy Rose on an industry-led study into tech competitiveness in the UK. Suzanne...
User research, service design, skills and building ‘our technical architecture’ – Digital Directorate lays out its next phase of development
The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate is set to focus heavily on expanding its service design and user research capabilities whilst building a broader skills base and investing in a “coherent”...
Highland Council declared Benefits & Welfare Reform Team of the Year
Teamwork and new online applications mean that the council consistently meets the challenging one-day national target for getting crisis payments into the hands of vulnerable customers which is crucial for...
Scotland Excel: Delivering on digital
A ground-breaking event has challenged the way local government thinks about digital technologies in providing services to citizens. The event was delivered by Scotland Excel, the centre of procurement expertise...
Stop, listen and collaborate
Let me tell you a story about a logistics company that implemented a new computer system to streamline their logistics… as part of the update, the programmers had to configure...
‘Interoperability changed our care pathways’: Dundee Council’s digital case management journey
With the use of Mosaic, Servelec’s case management software, Dundee Council has been able to better understand the needs of its service users and provide staff with a single digital...
Shortlist announced for the ScotlandIS digital technology awards
ScotlandIS, the membership and cluster management organisation for Scotland’s digital technologies industry, has today unveiled the shortlist for its 2019 Digital Technology Awards. The awards celebrate the wealth of talent...
Scottish local authorities explore ‘art of the possible’
The views of senior managers from Scottish local authorities have been challenged this week during a pioneering event focusing on digital technologies. The ‘Delivering on Digital’ event, organised by the...
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